Ivanovic: Government to settle elections in Belgrade as the Kosovo’s ones (N1, NIN)
The leader of the Civic Initiatives SDP Oliver Ivanovic said that in the local elections in Kosovo, Serbian authorities put everything on one card, and that Mitrovica was a symbol and a recipe for resolving local elections in Belgrade. “The results were not what we expected, although we had no illusion that we could won […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 26 October 2017
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Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 26 October 2017
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic supports maintaining format of Security Council sessions on Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)
Djuric, Tanin on political and security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
Yee: No similarity between Kosovo and Catalonia (FoNet)
Serbian MPs discuss possible early parliamentary elections (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosniak Caucus in RS CoP to request protection of vital national interest because of resolution on military neutrality of RS (EuroBlic)
RS Assembly decision on referendum on Court of B&H and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H still not revoked (ATV)
Komsic: Covic will not succeed with Elections Law (TV1)
Croatia
Russia puzzled by Croatia’s move (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
Markovic: Government does not terrorize anyone; DF does that to citizens (CDM)
Mirjacic proposed as deputy secretary general (MINA)
fYROM
Dimitrov: Macedonia to take into consideration everyone’s interest over Kosovo’s UNESCO bid (MIA)
Ivanov asks Tusk to send a positive message for unblocking the integration of Macedonia (Meta)
US-Adriatic Charter defense policy directors meet in Skopje (MIA)
Albania
Yee: Albania as an example of fighting corruption (ATA)
Basha raises allegations in Assembly: Crime and drugs have captured the country (ATA)
Rama: MPs stripped of immunity; SP is not defending Tahiri, but justice (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
Serbia’s two chairs: On choices, democracy and ‘sliding toward the Kremlin’ (RT)
Albanian Prime Minister Insults Journalists After Parliament Votes to Protect Lawmaker From Arrest (Global Voice
Italy expels Macedonian and Albanian for Islamist ties (B92)
Italy has expelled a Macedonian and an Albanian citizen for their ties with radical Islam, the Macedonian media reported on Thursday. According to this, they were found to have been in contact with Muslim radicals arrested in Kosovo for terrorism, whose computers contained “anti-western and anti-Semitic material.” Previously, the police in Bari followed the 36-year-old […]
Read More →Djuric, Tanin spoke about political and security situation in Kosovo (TV Most, KIM Radio)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric met with the Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin today and spoke about current political and security situation in Kosovo and the forthcoming UN Security Council session on Kosovo, Serbian media reported. On this occasion, Djuric expressed the stance of Serbia that UN Security Council should continue discussions […]
Read More →Number of victims of sexual violence during conflict in Kosovo clash MP Osmani and Minister Hamza (Telegrafi)
During yesterday’s debate at the Assembly of Kosovo over the opposition claims that Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans’ lists were “inflated”, Finance Minister Bedri Hamza said that while at it, the issue of the “inflated” number of women raped during the conflict in Kosovo should also be addressed. “20,000 women were not raped during the […]
Read More →Two properties owned by Albanians attacked in the north (Koha/Klan Kosova)
A store owned by an Albanian resident of “Kodra e Minatoreve” neighbourhood in the northern part of Mitrovica was stoned last night as well as a house further down the street owned by Cerani family. Nysret Cerani, owner of the house, told KTV that at the time the house was stoned he also heard gunshots […]
Read More →Vucic for the preservation of the format of the meetings in the Security Council on Kosovo (RTS, Blic, Tanjug)
The international presence in Kosovo is important for the implementation of the agreements reached within the framework of the Brussels Dialogue, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a meeting with UNMIK Head Zahir Tanin, reports RTS. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Chief UNMIK Zahir Tanin discussed the current political and security situation in Kosovo ahead […]
Read More →CEC orders recount of 24 ballot boxes (Koha)
Central Election Commission (CEC) has ordered the recount of 24 ballot boxes from Sunday’s local elections, announced CEC officials today. Of 24 boxes, 21 contain ballots for municipal assemblies and 3 for mayoral elections. CEC said it has received 7,621 ballots through post and that 6,735 have been approved. CEC also announced that the campaign […]
Read More →Mitrovica: Fire caught three vehicles, no injures (KoSSev portal)
Two vehicles were burned down and one was damaged due to the fire that broke out early this morning in Mitrovica North, KoSSev portal reported. No one was injured, but material damages are reported. Although police preliminary considered the fire broke out due to electrical installation, Deputy Commander of the Kosovo Police Region North, Besim […]
Read More →Association of Serb Municipalities is life necessity (KIM Radio)
“Creation of the Association of Serb Municipalities is a life necessity that can resolve numerous issues in everyday life of citizens and functionality,” Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Dalibor Jevtic and President of the Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic said during the talks with the USA official Hoyt Yee, KIM Radio reported. “We are concerned over fact […]
Read More →Hashim Thaçi’s hate-love affair with the Specialist Court (EuropeanWesternBalkans)
Discussing the role of the Kosovo Specialist court at the public presentation of the report “Public Perception of the Kosovo Specialist Court: Risks and Opportunities”, organized by NGOs PAX, Integra, and Center for Peace and Tolerance, President Thaçi criticized the one-sidedness of the “mono-ethnic” court and slammed the international community for falling short of fulfilling […]
Read More →Serwer: Vučić would make an enormous mistake not to opt for the EU chair (EuropeanWesternBalkans)
WASHINGTON – As Hoyt Brian Yee, the deputy assistant secretary of State stated yesterday that Serbia “cannot sit on two chairs at the same time,” referring to Serbia’s relations with Russia and the EU, the statement provoked many reaction. Daniel Serwer, the director of the Conflict Management Program at the Johns Hopkins School of International […]
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